Andrew Limbaugh
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Kurt Vonnegut, Alice Walker, David Foster Wallace.
For more than 30 years, Michael Silverblatt conducted deep, thorough, and intimate interviews with writers.
In 1998, he called up Toni Morrison at home to talk about her work.
Silverblatt started the show in 1989, and it ran until he had to retire in 2022 for health reasons.
And throughout that time, he became known as a reader's reader, someone who took seriously the words on the page.
And he lived out every book lover's fantasy.
He had two apartments, one to live in, another for his books.
243 million gallons is roughly 368 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The pipe in question broke late January, but a few days ago, as they were making repairs, D.C.
Water discovered a rock dam stretching 30 feet downstream from the original breaking point.
Shari Lewis, spokesperson for DC Water, said that the company can't announce a timeline for a full repair until the rock blockage is removed.
That process alone is estimated to take four to six weeks.
The Potomac Riverkeeper Network, which advocates for clean water, did a study with researchers at the University of Maryland following the pipe's collapse and found high levels of fecal-related bacteria in the water.
The network sent out a statement saying, quote, the Potomac River is not safe.
And you're listening to NPR News.
243 million gallons is roughly 368 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The pipe in question broke late January, but a few days ago, as they were making repairs, DC Water discovered a rock dam stretching 30 feet downstream from the original breaking point.
Shari Lewis, spokesperson for DC Water, said that the company can't announce a timeline for a full repair until the rock blockage is removed.